Opening Hours and how to find us, parking, buses etc

OPENING HOURS

Monday 10am -8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm/9pm (alternate weeks)
Wednesday 10am - 9pm
Thursday 10am - 9pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm PLEASE NOTE THAT SUNDAY 26TH FEB WE WILL BE OPEN 1.30-4.30PM ONLY

HOW TO FIND US
Below you will find out how to see a map, parking, buses, rail links and walking.

We are right in the centre of the city so you will find it easy to get to us from wherever you are coming.

Here is a map showing The Healthy Life Centre, or you can type our postcode (EH3 9AL) into googlemaps and get directions.

PARKING

There is on-street meter parking (£2.20 per hour) immediately outside the Healthy Life Centre, as well as round the corner. Maximum stay: 4 hours.

In addition there are 3 large multi-story car parks very nearby:
Riego Street -
Princes Exchange
0131 229 7637
150 Spaces
Mon - Fri 06:00 - 22:00
Sat 08:00 - 22:00
Sun 09:00 - 20:00

Castle Terrace -
NCP Castle Terrace
Castle Terrace
0131 229 2870
750 spaces
Hours 24 Hrs - 7 Days a week

and Semple Street
0131 225 7480
198 Spaces
Mon - Sat 07:00 - 22:00
Sun 10:00 - 20:00

BUSES

There are many buses that travel up and down Lothian Road (a few minutes away):
1, 10, 11, 15, 16, 22 (only the bottom of Lothian Road, then you could walk up to Bread Street and turn left), 24, 34
and one bus that stops outside The Healthy Life Centre, number 2. (Please note that there is a mistake on the back of our new brochure, which states that the bus that stops outside is the number 1).

RAIL LINKS

We are almost equidistant from Waveley Station (about 20 minutes walk, a 5 minute taxi ride (approx. £5-7)) and 15 minute bus ride (depending on how quickly you get a bus!) and Haymarket Railway Station (13 minutes walk, and a very quick taxi ride).

From Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, Scotland EH1 1BB
this is just one way of walking.
1. Head south on North Bridge/A7 toward E Market St 0.2 mi
2. Turn right at High St 466 ft
3. Turn left at Old Fishmarket Close 0.1 mi
4. Turn right at Cowgate 0.2 mi
5. Continue onto Cowgatehead 135 ft
6. Cowgatehead turns slightly left and becomes Grassmarket 0.1 mi
7. Continue onto W Port 0.2 mi
8. Continue onto Bread St 213 ft
9. Slight right to stay on Bread St 285 ft
You can also walk through Princes Street gardens with the castle up on your left and up Lothian Road, turning left at Starbucks into Bread Street and we are on the left;
or come out of the station onto Market street, turn right and go straight across the mini roundabout, up onto the Mound (magnificent views), left and up to the top of The Royal Mile, right to the gates of the castle itself, left at The Hub and follow that road all the way down (Johnstone Terrace) keeping straight at the bottom as it becomes Spittal Street, and turn right onto Bread Street. We are just round the corner!

Phone us on 0131 229 0724 if you get lost!

From Haymarket Rail Station: 13 minutes
Haymarket Terrace,Edinburgh,City of Edinburgh,EH12 5EY
1. Head east on Haymarket Terrace/A8 toward Haymarket 0.2 mi
2. Turn right at Torphichen St 0.2 mi
3. Torphichen St turns right and becomes Dewar Pl/B700 0.3 mi
4. Continue onto Bread St 194 ft

AIR LINK

Get the Airport Airlink Bus (number 100) which is a fantastic service running every 10 minutes between 7am and midnight and every 20/30 minutes through the night, from stand 19, stopping at Waverley and Haymarket stations (and elsewhere), and costing £6 return.